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Meaning of "shadoof" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHADOOF

From Egyptian Arabic.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHADOOF

shadoof  [ʃəˈduːf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHADOOF

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shadoof is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHADOOF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shadoof

Shadoof

A shadoof or shaduf is an irrigation tool. A less common English translation is swape and commonly called a well pole, well sweep or simply a sweep in the United States. The shadoof was originally developed in Ancient Egypt, and appears on a Sargonid seal of c.2000 BC. It is still used in many areas of Africa and Asia to draw water. They remain quite common in Hungary's Great Plain, where they are known as "gémeskút" and symbols of the region.

Definition of shadoof in the English dictionary

The definition of shadoof in the dictionary is a mechanism for raising water, consisting of a pivoted pole with a bucket at one end and a counterweight at the other, esp as used in Egypt and the Near East.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHADOOF


aloof
əˈluːf
bouffe
buːf
bulletproof
ˈbʊlɪtˌpruːf
childproof
ˈtʃaɪldpruːf
fireproof
ˈfaɪəˌpruːf
foolproof
ˈfuːlˌpruːf
goof
ɡuːf
greaseproof
ˈɡriːsˌpruːf
hoof
huːf
mothproof
ˈmɒθˌpruːf
pouf
puːf
proof
pruːf
roof
ruːf
shaduf
ʃəˈduːf
spoof
spuːf
sunroof
ˈsʌnˌruːf
waterproof
ˈwɔːtəˌpruːf
weatherproof
ˈwɛðəˌpruːf
windproof
ˈwɪndpruːf
woof
wuːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHADOOF

shadkhanim
shadow
shadow bands
shadow cabinet
shadow Foreign Secretary
shadow history
shadow mask
shadow minister
shadow play
shadow price
shadow test
shadow-box
shadow-boxing
shadowcast
shadower
shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowily
shadowiness
shadowless

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHADOOF

acid-proof
burden of proof
damp-proof
dustproof
future-proof
gable roof
green roof
groof
heatproof
hip roof
hit the roof
kloof
living proof
oof
poof
shatterproof
shockproof
skidproof
soundproof
splashproof

Synonyms and antonyms of shadoof in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shadoof» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHADOOF

Find out the translation of shadoof to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shadoof from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shadoof» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

桔槔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shadoof
570 millions of speakers

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shadoof
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shadoof
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shadoof
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

журавль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shadoof
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shadoof
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chadouf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shadoof
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schaduf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shadoof
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shadoof
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shadoof
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shadoof
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाडोफा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shadoof
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Shaduf
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shadoof
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

журавель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cumpănă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

shadoof
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skepwiel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shadoof
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shadoof
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shadoof

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOOF»

The term «shadoof» is used very little and occupies the 168.974 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOOF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shadoof

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHADOOF»

Discover the use of shadoof in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shadoof and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Machines & Inventions
Shadoof The shadoof is a simple machine that is used to draw water from wells and canals. It is a seesaw pole with a weight and a bucket tied at each end. It was invented in Ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom, around 1600 BCE. Ancient ...
Saddleback Educational Publishing, Saddleback, 2008
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The Technology of Mesopotamia
A picture from 1910 shows Egyptians working a shadoof. The Egyptians and Mesopotamians first used the shadoof around the same time, about 2000 BC. The long pole with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other was used ...
Graham Faiella, 2005
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Popular Mechanics
The " Shadoof," the Most Ancient Mechanical Means of Raising Water, Is Still in Use in Egypt. The Photograph Shows a Series of These Devices Lifting Water from the Nile for Irrigating Purposes Side View of Machine Which Performs Every  ...
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Studies in ancient technology. 2
This is the principle of the well-known shadoof, a device that certainly goes back to early historic times like the balance. SPIEGELBERG (109) believed that he had identified the Egyptian term for this instrument but his conclusions do not seem ...
Robert J. Forbes, Robert James Forbes, 1993
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Long, Long, Ago
Gerry Bailey. The shadoof CLAW HAMMER A claw hammer is a simple lever that. I know, I'll use a bucket and the swing idea to make a water dipper. I'll make a big lever with a bucket tied to a rope on one end and a weight on the other. I'll call ...
Gerry Bailey, 2005
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Nigeria
Patricia Levy. THE SHADOOF The shadoof (right), an ancient water-raising device, continues to be useful in irrigation in Nigeria today, particularly in areas such as the Jos Plateau. The shadoof has a bucket attached to one end of a long rod ...
Patricia Levy, 2004
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Reading East Asian Writing: The Limits of Literary Theory
... University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 14 April 2000, as yet unpublished. 9 For more on this process and the underlying theory, see Cayley 1999. This is also on the web at: http://www.shadoof.net/in/translit/translhtml 10 Rather than on the ...
Michel Hockx, Ivo Smits, 2003
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Chatterbox, 1906:
The commonest ofthese machines is the shadoof.It is asort of balance, witha weightat one end anda cordand bucket at the other.Thearm of the balance restsupon abarof wood,which is supportedbytwowooden posts,the whole resembling ...
Various Authors, 2014
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The Pictorial History of Palestine and the Holy Land, ...
It is however in such cases more usual to raise the bucket by means of the shadoof, which is the most common and simple of the machines used in the East for raising water, whether from rivers or from wells. To use the accurate description of ...
John Kitto, 1844
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Palestine: The Bible History of the Holy Land
It is however in such cases more usual to raise the bucket by means of the shadoof, which is the most common and simple of the machines used in the East for raising water, whether from rivers or from wells. To use the accurate description of ...
John Kitto, 1841

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHADOOF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shadoof is used in the context of the following news items.
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Photos of the Day: July 17, 2015
A shadoof is silhouetted during sunrise on the puszta or Hungarian steppe of Hortobagy, near Nagyhegyes, some 220 kms east of Budapest, Hungary, July 17, ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
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طرح الاعلان التمهيدي الاول لفيلم "شي يوم رح فل"
... اللبنانية ليال راجحة "شي يوم رح فل" مساء الثلاثاء ضمن برنامج " هيدا حكي" مع عادل كرم على شاشة ال MTVوالفيلم هو الثاني لراجحة من انتاج شركة Shadoof Production. «Elfann, Apr 15»
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பாரதி கவிதைகள் மொழிபெயர்க்க …
என்று பாரதியின் குயில்பாட்டில் வருகிற 'ஏற்றம்' என்னும் சொல்லை 'SHADOOF' என்று ஒரே ... «தி இந்து, Dec 14»
4
Six 'Dirtiest' Men and a Woman Forced to Take Public Baths in …
The seven include Joseph Kadenge, Kamau Njoroge, Andrew Onyango, Shadrack Shadoof, Dominic Indimuli, Sammy Machafu and Mishla Sarah. Three others ... «The Star, Oct 14»
5
Secrets of the Dead: The Lost Gardens of Babylon
Scholars have thought he might used a shadoof, a wooden lever contraption that was used by ancient Egyptians to lift buckets of water out of the Nile and onto ... «About - News & Issues, May 14»
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السينما في لبنان... تلامس الواقع!
لا تعتبر ليال راجحة أنها غامرت بإنتاجها فيلم {حبة لولو} على نفقتها الخاصة معتبرة أن اشتراك Shadoof Productions مع Kolja Digital Works وGamma Engineering في ... «الجريدة, Apr 14»
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بطريقة عفوية طفل يقدم (العيدية) لولي عهد ابوظبي محمد بن زايد
Habbet Loulou - Duration: 1:37. by Shadoof Production 248,766 views. 1:37. 7 Things Every CEO Should Know About Information Security - Duration: 9:41. by ... «YouTube, Oct 13»
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ليال راجحة: «حبة لولو» حُلمٌ تحقّق إنما أخافني
اشتركت Shadoof Productions معKolja Digital Works وGamma Engineering في الإنتاج، فضلاً عن أنه لا يمكن انتظار الاستقرار في البلد، لأن الهدوء يكون بناء على قرار ... «الجريدة, Oct 13»
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ليال راجحة لـ 24: لن أتخلّى عن إخراج الفيديو كليب
الجزء الأكبر من الإنتاج كان من والدي، أما التكاليف على الأرض فتشارك فيه Shadoof Productions وKolja Digital Works و Gamma Engineering . إلى أي حدّ يمكننا القول إن ... «24.ae, Oct 13»
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'حبّة لولو' في عرضه الأول
... مكي، بمشاركة طوني مهنا وزياد صعيبي وغيرهما، وهو من كتابة ليال راجحة وابن عمها وسام ومن إنتاج Shadoof Productions وKOLJA Digital Works و Gamma Engineering. «مجلة لها, Sep 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Shadoof [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/shadoof>. May 2024 ».
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